JULY 3Today we went shopping in town. We mostly bought snacks because we need to spend the afternoon baking things, to get ready for our 4th of July party tomorrow!! We also stopped by the camera shop to print some photos for Gladys scrapbook!

JUNE 19We saw Toy Story 3 today! It's so great!!

MAY 28Gladys made her promise as a Girl Guide today. It's a good thing that she is English since the Queen is also mentioned in the Australian Guide Promise!

27.05.10Glady's came to the office with me today. We've just changed all our computers to Macs so we spent most of the day googling how to do the most basic of functions

26.05.10Glady's arrived in Australia today. She was lucky that she has remembered to bubble wrap herself before the journey because we've been having terrible storms all week in Sydney and she would have been soaked!

Here she is beside a coin to show how teeny tony she is!! She's about the size of Gus' head

And I forgot to take a photo but she brought some yummy chocolate with her (Freddos, Mars bar and Daims). She'd eaten a few but saved some for my sister and I.

the mini gallery is where you resrve a spot and use that spot the whole time. you just go back in and update the spot you reserved.

sorry it has taken so long end of school year is always heticMr. Garden Gnome just after he arrivedMr. Garden Gnome in georgia rush hour trafficmr gnome taking a picture of our first set of baby guinea pigs

Mel and Tom arrived home safely with their sleep sack and biography and passport. they also brought home a scrap book, a wooden fisherman, a bag of toffee, lobster box with homemade soap, a can of david's tea, a couple of hat/lapel pins, a bag of cinnamon candy (pink bag), a bag of shells they collected, a wind up lobster, a lobster ornament he has a wreath in his claws and says prince edwards island on his back

Those mini paper star thingys! Lot's of them too! I so love these! Going straight on my nightstand.

Her first attempt at making soap! Jealous of her new found skills! They smell amazing!

Salt Water Taffy! She always spoils me with food. Which reminds me that I should have put a food item in her package...hmmmm. Next time!

Another food item! Hush Puppy Mix! I have never had a hush puppy! I have always wanted to though! I went to college in RI so a lot of my friends were from Jersey and would always talk about them. We totally don't have these in New England(maybe CT?).

Winnie in her new shell necklace. The shell is from Myrtle Beach!

Sorry, these were difficult to photograph. Winnie's jewelry (which she just may let me borrow... )

And last but not least...Hamster Hammock and Cuddle Pouch! Eeeek!

Some action shots of Samantha cuddling in them

Some of my favorite pages from the scrapbook!

Some of my favorite photos!

Thank You heath_face! I love EVERYTHING!!!! You are the BEST(as usual). Once again, so happy to know I can see Icebox in the future...again

Lily is all packed up and ready to go home. Here is her final photo from the trip.

Flint, Michigan is known as Auto City. Most people know that Michigan is famous for it's autos, but Flint is crazy about them. This being said, Lily decided she needed a fancy car to tool around in and to take home to commemorate her trip. So... she got a herself a convertible. It should be nice to drive around in once she's home in California.